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AJHS school funding and its spending(s) on facility(ies)/personal affection(s) that are private to teacher(s) and/or facility staff.

Mr. Zhu made this Official Information request to Albany Junior High School

The request was partially successful.

From: Mr. Zhu

Dear Albany Junior High School,

I'm requesting multiple pieces of information about Albany Junior High School funding and spending. This request should be treated as an Official Information Act request. Under the act, the entity that I'm requesting to, are legally obligated, to a certain extent, answer all of my questions within a reasonable time period.

The request of information is divided into 2 sections, and are independent of each other.

In this request:
"The school" refers to
- Boards, including BOT.
- Principals and Tumuaki.
- Administrators.
"Staff" refers to
- Teachers.
- Other employed facility staff.
"Public funding" refers to
- Funding by the Ministry of Education.
- Donations by parents.
- Any money received by school fund-raising.

1) Have The school or its Staff ever used Public funding to buy a motor vehicle (such as a car), either for the school's use or Staff use (or both)?. If yes, please provide all details regarding such vehicle(s), including the amount of that was spend, its maker, and its model, individually.
2) Have The school or its Staff ever used Public funding to buy a Staff coffee machine that is not generally accessible by students?. If yes, please provide all details regarding such machine(s), including the amount of that was spend, its maker, and its model, individually.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Zhu

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From: Bruce Wang
Albany Junior High School

Hi Mr Zhu
We are happy to supply the information you requested. Please note, as this
is not part of our normal routine work. Therefore, we will have to charge
you for the time we will spend on this matter. We will charge $100+GST per
hour for the time we will spend on this matter. 
Based on the current questions you have raised, our estimate time we will
spend on this matter is 30mins.  Therefore, the charge will be $50+GST.
Please agree to the amount before we can proceed. Please also supply your
name and address so I can send the invoice to you. Please note we will
require payment upfront.
Thanks

Regards

Bruce Wang  Executive Officer

DDI: [1]+64 (0)9 414 3641 ext: 641  
Website: [2]www.ajhs.school.nz 
19 Appleby Road, Albany, Auckland 0632

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From: Mr. Zhu

Dear Bruce Wang,

As per the OIA act, the charges most be appropriate for the type of information requested. As this is a easy task, as you just need to look into The school cooperate financial statement and find such information.
As The school would normally submit such Financial statement to the Ministry of Education or relevant governing body, I would consider you to have access to digital format of The school Financial statement. So those task, should be relatively easy and fast task. As per the act, no authority may charge for Administrative
inefficiencies or poor record-keeping and charges occuring from labor that does not exceed 1 hour. To help you assist with the request visit this website: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...

As you are quite reluctant to submit such information, I would also like to request a digital copy of The school Financial statement, as a whole, in fiscal year 2017-2020.

"Financial statement" in this email refers to all of the document(s) that documents AJHS cash flow and transaction, this maybe; cooperate financial report (that details individual transactions), Account/bank statement, etc...

If you are unable to answer such request, I will be asking directly to Ministry of Education or a relevant governing body and/or making a complaint to Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Zhu

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From: Bruce Wang
Albany Junior High School

Hi Mr Zhu
1, We only have the school van which for transporting the student
purpose.  
2, We do not have any staff coffee machine that is not generally
accessible by students
3, All school financial statements are published on our website for the
public to access. 

Regards

Bruce Wang  Executive Officer

DDI: [1]+64 (0)9 414 3641 ext: 641  
Website: [2]www.ajhs.school.nz 
19 Appleby Road, Albany, Auckland 0632

On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 15:34, Mr. Zhu
<[3][FYI request #14642 email]> wrote:

Dear Bruce Wang,

As per the OIA act, the charges most be appropriate for the type of
information requested. As this is a easy task, as you just need to look
into The school cooperate financial statement and find such information.
As The school would normally submit such Financial statement to the
Ministry of Education or relevant governing body, I would consider you
to have access to digital format of The school Financial statement. So
those task, should be relatively easy and fast task. As per the act, no
authority may charge for  Administrative
inefficiencies or poor record-keeping and charges occuring from labor
that does not exceed 1 hour. To help you assist with the request visit
this website:
[4]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...

As you are quite reluctant to submit such information, I would also like
to request a digital copy of The school Financial statement, as a whole,
in fiscal year 2017-2020.

"Financial statement" in this email refers to all of the document(s)
that documents AJHS cash flow and transaction, this maybe; cooperate
financial report (that details individual transactions), Account/bank
statement, etc...

If you are unable to answer such request, I will be asking directly to
Ministry of Education or a relevant governing body and/or making a
complaint to Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Zhu

-----Original Message-----

Hi Mr Zhu
 We are happy to supply the information you requested. Please note, as
this
 is not part of our normal routine work. Therefore, we will have to
charge
 you for the time we will spend on this matter. We will charge $100+GST
per
 hour for the time we will spend on this matter. 
 Based on the current questions you have raised, our estimate time we
will
 spend on this matter is 30mins.  Therefore, the charge will be $50+GST.
 Please agree to the amount before we can proceed. Please also supply
your
 name and address so I can send the invoice to you. Please note we will
 require payment upfront.
 Thanks

 Regards

 Bruce Wang  Executive Officer

 DDI: [1]+64 (0)9 414 3641 ext: 641  
 Website: [2][5]www.ajhs.school.nz 
 19 Appleby Road, Albany, Auckland 0632

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